Sep 24, 2020
Johan-Petter Balstad, born 24 September 1924 in Norway, was an officer candidate in the Norge Regiment’s 7th Company during the ‘Battle of the European SS’ at Narva in 1944. He became an expert at destroying Soviet T-34 tanks tanks with hand-held panzerfausts, hence his three tank killer badges on his right upper arm. He survived the war and passed away in Oslo in 1985. (James Macleod)
Photo and caption from Hitler's Vikings: The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS Wiking and the SS Nordland (Hitler's Legions) by Jonathan Trigg